þý 53 , 55
þylja 302
Uig, Coll, Hebrides 398
Uí Briain 432
Uí Ímair 359
Uí Néill 429 , 432
Uklja, Belarus 520
Ukraine 98 , 132 , 254 , 263 , 330 , 517 , 520 – 1
unmanliness 245
Ulfbehrt-sword(s) 189 , 208 , 476
Ulfhild, Swedish queen 670
Úlfr, jarl 665 , 667
Úlfr, viking leader 468
ulfheðnar 242
Ulla, river, Spain 467
Ulleråker, Uppland, Sweden 62 – 3
Ullerål, Norway 64
Ullevi, Sweden 62 – 3
Ullinn 63
Ullr 62 – 3
Ulpian 50
Ulster, Ireland 432
Umayyad caliphate, Arab dynasty 162 , 462 – 4 ,
467 , 557 , 559
Umayyad dirhams 162
umiak 616
u-mutation 276 , 278
Underhoull, Shetland 415
Unwan, bishop in Hamburg 666 – 7
Upernavik, Greenland 614
Uppåkra, Skåne, Sweden 12 , 16 , 86 – 7 , 145 – 8 ,
167 , 217 , 249 , 251 , 254
Uppland, Sweden 34 , 36 , 60 , 265 , 631
Uppland Law (Upplandslagen) 27 , 673
Uppsala, Sweden 16 , 26 , 65 , 635
urbanism/urbanisation 1 , 12 , 83 – 92 , 132 , 150 ,
154 , 432 – 3 , 447 , 672
urbs 488
Urðr 238
urgraver 35
Urnes stave-church, Sogn, Norway 334 – 5
Urnes style 105 , 332 – 6 , 406 , 630 , 642
Urtab, Rus’ centre 533 , 558
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales 403
Útgarðr 36
Útgarðsættir 229
útiseta 245
Uusimaa, province, Finland 471
Uzes, Turkish tribe 503Vä, Skåne, Sweden 16
vað 397
vaðmál (woolen cloth) 599
Vafþrúðnismál 213 – 4 , 295 , 301 – 2
Vakka-Suomi, region, Finland 481
val 53
Valdemar Birgersson (r. 2 nd half of 13 th century),
Swedish king 672
Valencia, Spain 466
Valho ̨ll 220 , 254 , 257 , 312
valir 53
valkyries 240 , 254 – 6
vall/vo ̨llr (pl. vellir) 24
Valland clothes 182
Valsgärde boat graves, Uppland, Sweden 182 – 3 ,
264
valskr 53
vanadís 240
vändrunor 282
vang(r)/Vang 62 – 3 , 65 , 217
Vang, Opland, Norway 331 – 3
Vänern, lake, Sweden 58
vanir 213 , 221 , 240
vápnatak 26 , 375
*vár 6 , 54
Varangian guard 306 , 510
Varangians (Greek varangoi) 54 , 302 , 476 , 504 – 7 ,
509 – 10 , 528 , 531 , 533 – 5 , 550
Vårby coin hoard, Södermanland, Sweden 329
varjag(u)/(i) 6 , 7 , 54 , 476 , 533
væringi/væringr (pl. -ar) 6 , 7 , 54 , 544
Varnhem, monastery, Västergötland, Sweden 671
várþing, Iceland 573
Västergötland, Sweden 6 , 14 , 25 – 6 , 285 , 631 , 641 ,
667 , 670 – 3
Västgöta Law (Västgötalagen) 673
Västmanland, Sweden 37 , 60 , 622
vatn 397
Vatnsdæla saga 317
Vatnsfirðingar 43
Vatnshorn, Haukadalr, Iceland 566
Vatsetter, Shetland 397
Vättern, lake, Sweden 58 , 671–– Index––